My last blog was a debut author and this one is too and if you need a good beach book here it is. Chris Pavone has written spy novel with a slight twist. The Expats is the story of Kate Moore, a working mother who struggles with keeping the balance between raising a family, a marriage and her secret. Kate’s secret is that she works for the CIA. She was recruited in college and never thought she would have a family until she met Dexter and fell in love but so far she has been able to keep everything straight and separate.
Dexter comes home one day and announces he has been offered a job with a bank in Luxembourg. It is a dream job for him and Kate decides that she will leave the CIA and reinvent herself as a ‘stay at home mom’. They move to Luxembourg and become expats but Kate is continually concerned that her past life will follow her. After awhile, she begins to relax and make new friends and settle into life in a country where she doesn’t speak the language but her family is happy even if Dexter is constantly working. Kate and Dexter make friends with another couple from the U.S. and the more time they spend with each other Kate begins to notice that things just are not right. Her “spy sense” just won’t turn off and she wonders if they are who they say they are. She begins to dig around a little and soon finds out that Dexter has some secrets of his own.
This is a super fun read and the descriptions of the European cities and wonderful. I will definitely be looking the Chris Pavone’s next book.
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